The Board of Directors of the Global Health Council (GHC) announced “with deep regret” that the Council will close operations within the coming months following “serious deliberations about the state of global health issues, the role of the Council as a convenor, and the Council’s current operating model.”  GHC “is the world’s largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world, and worked to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need to succeed.” But the GHC Board said that “the compelling needs that gave rise to the Global Health Council’s mission have shifted. Funding that once existed to promote a broad-based health agenda is now focused on specific health issues. The fundamental shifts in the health landscape have led the Board to revisit the relevance of the organization and determine that the Council’s current operating model is no longer sustainable…We wish to thank our staff, leadership past and present and our members of the international community who have supported the Global Health Council for the last 40 years. We have accomplished much together, but despite the progress we have made, millions of people, many of them children, remain without access to basic health care. Our commitment to them must not waver. Although The Global Health Council will no longer play the same role, we will continue to fight for the goals that first inspired us to action.”
April 20, 2012

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